''Poromitra'' is a
genus of
ridgehead
Ridgeheads, also known as bigscales, are a family (Melamphaidae, from the Greek ''melanos'' lackand ''amphi'' y both sides of small, deep-sea stephanoberyciform fish. The family contains approximately 37 species in five genera; their distribut ...
s. The 22 known species of Poromitra have been divided into five species groups according to variation in
preopercle anatomy.
A
Poromitra curilensis specimen from the
Shirshov Institute of Oceanology The Shirshov Institute of Oceanology ( P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology (IO) RAN, russian: Федеральное государственное бюджетное учреждение науки Институт океанологии имен ...
, obtained on October 7, 1968, marks the first discovery of a Poromitra member in the southeastern
Pacific Ocean.
Species
There are currently 21 recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Poromitra atlantica''
(Norman
Norman or Normans may refer to:
Ethnic and cultural identity
* The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 10th and 11th centuries
** People or things connected with the Norm ...
, 1929)
* ''
Poromitra capito''
Goode
Goode ( or , depending on family) is a surname.
Notable people
Notable people with the surname include:
* Alex Goode (Born 1988), British rugby union player
* Alexander D. Goode (1911-1943), US Army chaplain
* Andy Goode (born 1980), British ru ...
& T. H. Bean, 1883
* ''
Poromitra coronata''
( Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924)
* ''
Poromitra crassa''
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*Carl Ebeling, American computer scientist
*Carl Lodewijk Ebeling (1924–2017), Dutch linguist
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, 1980
* ''
Poromitra crassiceps''
( Günther, 1878) (Crested bigscale)
* ''
Poromitra cristiceps''
( C. H. Gilbert, 1890)
* ''
Poromitra curilensis''
Kotlyar, 2008
* ''
Poromitra decipiens''
Kotlyar, 2008
* ''
Poromitra frontosa''
( Garman, 1899)
* ''
Poromitra gibbsi''
Parin & Borodulina, 1989
* ''
Poromitra glochidiata''
Kotlyar, 2008
* ''
Poromitra indooceanica''
Kotlyar, 2008
* ''
Poromitra jucunda''
Kotlyar, 2010
* ''
Poromitra kukuevi''
Kotlyar, 2008
* ''
Poromitra macrophthalma''
(Gilchrist, 1903)
* ''
Poromitra megalops
''Poromitra'' is a genus of ridgeheads. The 22 known species of Poromitra have been divided into five species groups according to variation in preopercle anatomy.
A Poromitra curilensis specimen from the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, obtaine ...
''
( Lütken, 1878)
* ''
Poromitra nigriceps
''Poromitra'' is a genus of ridgeheads. The 22 known species of Poromitra have been divided into five species groups according to variation in preopercle anatomy.
A Poromitra curilensis specimen from the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, obta ...
''
( Zugmayer, 1911)
* ''
Poromitra nigrofulva
''Poromitra'' is a genus of ridgeheads. The 22 known species of Poromitra have been divided into five species groups according to variation in preopercle anatomy.
A Poromitra curilensis specimen from the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, obtaine ...
''
(Garman, 1899)
* ''
Poromitra oscitans
''Poromitra oscitans'', the yawning, is a fish of the family Melamphaidae, found in tropical and subtropical waters of the indo-Pacific
The Indo-Pacific is a vast biogeographic region of Earth.
In a narrow sense, sometimes known as the In ...
''
Ebeling, 1975 (Yawning)
* ''
Poromitra rugosa
''Poromitra'' is a genus of ridgeheads. The 22 known species of Poromitra have been divided into five species groups according to variation in preopercle anatomy.
A Poromitra curilensis specimen from the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, obtaine ...
''
( W. M. Chapman, 1939)
* ''
Poromitra unicornis
''Poromitra'' is a genus of ridgeheads. The 22 known species of Poromitra have been divided into five species groups according to variation in preopercle anatomy.
A Poromitra curilensis specimen from the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, obtaine ...
''
(C. H. Gilbert, 1905)
References
Melamphaidae
Ray-finned fish genera
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